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New Mexico bills, governor test appetite for gun control

SANTA FE – New Mexico’s Democrat-led Legislature and allied governor are pushing to increase oversight of firearms sales and place new limitations on gun possession and ownership, as a slate...

Flood recovery efforts stalled by government shutdown

BOULDER – Progress on ongoing flood recovery efforts in Boulder and Larimer counties has stopped due to the federal government shutdown. The Longmont Daily Times-Call reports Colo...

Colorado Electoral College reps try to revive lawsuit

DENVER – Colorado electors want a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s dismissal of their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of state law requiring electors to back the winner ...

Prosecutors decline charges against Colorado teacher

GREELEY – Prosecutors have declined to file charges against a Colorado middle school teacher who was the subject of a police investigation into possible mistreatment of a student. ...

Blowing snow in eastern Colorado closes schools, highway stretches

DENVER – Blowing snow and icy roads in suburban Denver and other parts of eastern Colorado have closed schools and shut down highways. Stretches of Interstate 70 were closed Tuesd...

Second skier dies in aftermath of New Mexico avalanche

SANTA FE – A second person died from injuries sustained in an avalanche last week at a northern New Mexico ski resort, relatives and a hospital official said Monday. The decease...

Man accused of threatening to kill ‘as many girls as I see’

SALT LAKE CITY – A man is under arrest in Utah after police say he posted on Facebook about “killing as many girls as I see” the same weekend that Women’s Marches were held around the countr...

Gila National Forest uses honor system for firewood cutting

SILVER CITY, N.M. – The Gila National Forest says it will allow people to cut firewood for personal use as long as they obtain permits after the federal government shutdown ends. ...

Mortgage rates hold steady

Thirty-year stays at 4.45%

No guns allowed in gallery during New Mexico joint sessions

SANTA FE –The New Mexico Legislature is prohibiting people from carrying guns in the House gallery during Tuesday’s opening session Tuesday and any other joint sessions of the two legislativ...

AstraZeneca laying off more than 200 workers in Colorado

BOULDER – A biopharmaceutical company is laying off more than 200 employees in Colorado. The Daily Camera reports the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s website has pub...

Some minimum wage workers in New Mexico get earnings boost

ALBUQUERQUE – The minimum wage in New Mexico’ Bernalillo County has increased for workers whose jobs lie beyond limits of a municipality. According to the county, the increase tak...